The thought briefly crossed my mind that the thickened legs looked like a leaf-footed bug, but I couldn't wrap my head around the very strange warped shape of the body.
Bugguide.net to the rescue! This is indeed a leaf-footed bug. The Eastern Leaf-footed Bug, Acanthocephala terminalis, but it is one of the nymph stages. I looked up some of those stages, and earlier ones are lighter colored, so this is probably a near-adult. The adults are rather plain brown, but they have yellow/orange tips on their antennae. The nymph is much more interesting with that fan-shaped back end trimmed in white pinking. They do not bite.
In other news: I did laundry, I made yogurt, I emptied the trailer. Blah, blah.
 | See Western Conifer Leaf-footed Bug |
Charlee: "Normally we like bugs!"
ReplyDeleteChaplin: "However, that one looks like a scout for some kind of alien invasion."
Charlee: "Which might just be all the more reason for us to eat it."
Chaplin: "Ooh, yes, good point!"
That's the oddest looking bug I've ever seen.
ReplyDeleteC & C- definitely alien!
ReplyDeleteAnn- agreed- very weird